150 TSWREIS students likely to get into medical colleges

It's a tale of 150 poor students from social and tribal welfare residential educational institutions who endured hardships and their hardships became their strengths. Today, they stand tall having overcome abject poverty and deprivation to make it to medical colleges across the country. They are first- generation learners from impoverished families of daily wage labourers, roadside tea sellers, landless farmers, vegetable vendors, fruit sellers, construction workers and masons hailing from SC/ST communities. The success stories of these 150 social and tribal welfare students in NEET 2019 stand as a testament to the fact the gap between rich and poor is opportunity.

Of the 150 students who are likely to get into MBBS and BDS courses this year, 100 are from social welfare and 50 from tribal welfare residential institutions. Social and Tribal welfare residential educational institutions societies launched 'Operation Blue Crystal' and 'Operation Emerald' programmes respectively, to provide coaching to brilliant SC and ST students free of cost under the KG-PG Mission. These two programmes have been yielding outstanding results over the last three years.

"My parents have been struggling day in and day out to make both ends meet and they are not in a position to send me to a private NEET coaching institute owing to financial hardships. A poor student like me wouldn't have dreamt of cracking NEET, if not for free intensive long-term coaching being provided by the government. I heartily express my gratitude to the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for providing free coaching to SC and ST students on par with corporate coaching centres in the country, said Kovvuri Rasagna from Social Welfare Residential College Gowlidoddi, who secured all-India 509 rank in SC category.

Another successful student Ramavath Sneha Latha from tribal welfare IIT Study Centre, Rajendra Nagar, who secured all India 802 rank in ST category said "I would have dropped out from college and would have ended up as a victim of early child marriage, if not for the vision of the chief minister to put the poor SC and ST students into the orbit of higher education. My aim is to become a cardiologist and serve poor people in rural areas"

Dr RS Praveen Kumar, Secretary, TSWREIS and TTWREIS congratulated the students on their stunning performance. He said it's a golden lettered moment in the history of both social and tribal welfare residential educational societies. The entire credit goes to teachers for their commitment in transforming the lives of students from the most deprived sections of the society. Dr Kumar thanked the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Minister for Welfare Koppula Eshwar for their unwavering support to the cause of educational empowerment of poor children under the KG-PG Mission.

Tribal Welfare Residential Institutions All India Rank Holders

Dharavath Rajesh - Marks -528 – All India ST Rank -162

K Chinna - Marks- 524 –All India ST Rank-174

Kethavath Vishnu -Marks-488 All India ST Rank -391

Bhanoth Chandulal -Marks-478, All India ST Rank -467

Banoth Ravi Kumar - Marks- 472, All India ST Rank-539

Ramavath Sneha Latha -Marks-452, All India Rank ST Rank -802

All India rank in ST Category- 391

Social Welfare All India Rank Holders in SC Category

Kovvuri Rasagna, Marks - 543, All India SC Rank - 509

M Anvesh, Marks - 535, All India SC Rank - 619

K Raj Kumar, Marks 528, All India SC Rank - 13783